Reform.news Editorial Team · 15 November 2026, 11:01
https://reform.news/en/latushka-says-eu-special-envoy-for-belarus-proposed/
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Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management Pavel Latushka spoke about a proposal to appoint a European Union special envoy for Belarus who could represent the interests of Belarusian democratic forces in international negotiations. He made the remarks during a discussion on Poland’s and the EU’s strategy towards Belarus at the Poznań Economic Congress.
“Is the participation of democratic forces in negotiations a realistic scenario? To be honest, to achieve this, we need a strong voice from our partners. We are looking to our allies here: the EU, Poland, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States. That is why we have developed 10 conditions that Lukashenka must meet if he wants to sit at the negotiating table. We propose appointing an EU special envoy for Belarus who would have a strong mandate based on the EU’s latest decisions and could perhaps represent us during these negotiations,” he said.
The politician noted that recent negotiations in Abu Dhabi had included issues related to Belarus and the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory.
“Aliaksandr Lukashenka wants to take part in the negotiations. Recently, he has publicly said that he is ready to invite the participants in the talks to Minsk, but no longer wants to act as a mediator, as he did during ‘Minsk-1’ and ‘Minsk-2’. He wants to be a party to these negotiations. We must understand that Vladimir Putin represents the majority of Russians who support the war. Lukashenka does not represent Belarus, as he was not lawfully elected president, and he does not represent the Belarusian people, since the majority of Belarusians do not support Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. This means that the Belarusian people should be represented at the negotiations by democratic forces, with the support of our partners,” he said.
Latushka believes that the interests of Belarusian society should be represented by democratic forces with the support of international partners.
“Nothing about Belarusians without Belarusians. It is important to us that the interests of the Belarusian people are represented during these negotiations,” he stressed.
The discussion at the Poznań Economic Congress also featured Adam Eberhardt, deputy director of the Centre for Eastern Studies, and Kamil Kłysiński, a senior expert at the Centre for Eastern Studies. Alina Koushyk, editor-in-chief of Belsat TV, moderated the discussion.